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Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk, the two richest people in the world, exchanged criticism on their respective projects on Tuesday for provide internet via satellites. The plans of both are being reviewed by the authorities.
Bezos, Amazon founder and the aerospace company Blue origin which promotes the “Cooper Project” issued a statement confirming that the rival project of Musk and his company SpaceX – “Starlink” – is looking for design changes that “could create a more dangerous environment for space collisions” and cause greater radio interference.
The $ 10 billion Kuiper project will be able to provide internet from space and has already received permission from the US government to install 3,000 satellites in low Earth orbit.
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SpaceX It has deployed small satellites to form a global broadband system and is asking authorities for permission to put them in lower orbits, which worries Amazon.
“Despite what SpaceX posts on Twitter, it is the changes proposed by SpaceX that will stifle competition between satellite systems,” added Bezos, underlining his objections to the authorities.
“It is clear the importance of SpaceX to quell competition as early as possible, but it is certainly not in the public interest. “
Musk, for his part, responded by assuring that his project “Starlink “ it is progressing faster than that of its rival.
“It makes no sense for the public to hang Starlink in favor of today an Amazon satellite system that is, in best scenarios, several years after being operational, “he tweeted.
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SpaceX said in a letter to the Federal Communications Commission that changes in the jobs will not hinder their rivals. Musk’s company launched its flagship Falcon 9 rocket with a payload of 143 satellites on Sunday.
The scientific community has expressed concern about the number of objects accumulating in space around the Earth.
SpaceX claims its satellites are designed to catch fire when they re-enter the atmosphere after several years of service.